Yesterday I was thinking about getting new glasses. I can't go until December since my insurance will only pay for new glasses every other year. So, I thought I would talk to the optometrist about how to keep my glasses on during Volkslauf.
Right about then, my heart sunk.
In December, I'll have about ten months of training time left. Not even a whole year. And here I sit: fat, injured, and no stronger than I was six months ago.
The only way I can help my foot (short of going to the doctor and paying ridiculous amounts of money) is to lose weight. I pound those floors at work and when I'm not walking, I'm standing still on them, which is worse. Since I can't work on running with my foot like this, I need to turn my training focus to getting stronger.
I tried a new eating plan yesterday. It seemed to work really well. I didn't feel like I was starving and I came in well under 1800 calories. It goes like this:
- 5-8 oz. of protein/day
- 3 servings of dairy/day
- 3-5 servings of vegetables/day
- 2 servings of fruit/day
- 6 servings of grain (including peas and corn and beans)/day
- 6-8 glasses of water/day
I'll keep my focus on the strength training until my foot is healed and then I'll start over with running. I anticipate that I'll be able to start running by October.
Goals for this week:
- Stick to the eating plan.
- Strength train three days, walk or do yoga two days.
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